Thursday, September 17, 2015

How You Can Help the Valley Fire Evacuees

In
order to assist Lake County devotees impacted by the fire, many of whom don’t
yet know the state of their homes, and many who have already found out that
their homes have been destroyed, and who are all now displaced and living with
friends, in shelters, with family or in hotels, "Bright" House Adidam has established the Adidam
Emergency Relief Fund. We are reaching out to all Lake County devotees
impacted by the fire to determine their specific needs but we know already they
will need a lot of immediate support with food, lodging, clothing, health and
travel costs.

Contributions
are welcome in any amount from all. If
you are a U.S resident, to make a tax-deductible contribution via Paypal,
please pay to: brighthouse@adidam.org

To donate by check from the U.S., please make the check
payable to " Global Ashram of Adidam", put "Adidam Emergency
Relief Fund" in the memo and mail to:

Global Ashram of AdidamPO Box 196Cobb CA 95426

If
you live outside the U.S, you can make a contribution through Paypal but it
will not be tax-deductible. However, we heartily encourage regions outside the
U.S to establish local relief funds for the Lake County situation, and to
collect donations from local devotees if that would be more beneficial. Time is
of the essence, though, so please act quickly.

Bright
House is currently putting systems in place to allow the most efficient use of
everyone's time, energy, and money in the relief effort. If you have ideas or
want to help, please let us know. We have set up a new mailbox on the Matrix
called Response for Lake County or response4lc@adidam.org.

Housing needed for the hundreds of displaced LC devotees –
Open your home!

The above linked spreadsheet has 2
tabs - one for evacuees to post their housing needs, and the other for people
to post housing offered. If you can open your home, or have an offer from a
friend, please post your offer so people in need can respond to you directly.
Also you can view the listings from those who need housing and respond to them at
contact info provided.

You can post your housing offered
directly on the spreadsheet (it updates automatically), or email me at
VFReliefInfo@gmail.com and I'll post.

More Donation & Service Opportunities

Support for Protection and Restoration of the Mountain Of
Attention

While the threat of fire damage to the Mountain Of
Attention may have diminished somewhat, the staff on the Sanctuary is still on
high alert, as we continue through this very dry fire season.

We are now coordinating service needs for the
Mountain Of Attention on an ongoing basis through Rodney Grisso. If you are
heart-moved to offer service to the Mountain Of Attention, please contact
Rodney through his Matrix Account as to your availability and any details of
what you can offer (days, times, skills, etc.). We will be creating daily,
weekly and month-long service opportunities.
More announcements to come.

For those living outside of Lake County, please consider
coming to serve for any length of time. While it is very early in this recovery
and restoration process, we definitely can use devotees who can come to Lake
County for a period of time. We will keep you posted on these kinds of
opportunities.